Cori Badgley
First District Upholds CEQA Distinction Between ‘Agreement’ and ‘Project’
Submitted by jstephens on 9 March 2010 - 10:52amIn yet another California Environmental Quality Act case involving whether an agreement between a tribe and a city constitutes a “project,” the First District Court of Appeal has held that the law did not apply to an agreement requiring a city’s formal support of a proposed casino in exchange for the tribe’s funding of undefined city services and improvements.
L.A. School District Wins Pass-Through Payment Dispute
Submitted by Paul Shigley on 9 February 2010 - 11:38amCounties and cities must let go of another share of property tax revenues to school districts under the redevelopment law’s distribution of the property tax increment.
Tiburon Loses Prop. 218 Assessment Challenge
Submitted by Paul Shigley on 26 January 2010 - 3:10pmThe Town of Tiburon has lost another round in its ongoing litigation with property owners over assessments to fund the undergrounding of utility lines.
